The locality of San Luis "is on red alert over the significant increase of cholera patients, which now exceed 113 cases," according to Maylín Isaac Sánchez, registered nurse and human rights activist, quoted by the independent Hablemos Press.

Iriades Hernández Aguilera, resident in the Mármol neighbourhood in Santiago, confirmed that "many patients with symptoms of the disease are refusing to be admitted because of the bad conditions, the lack of hygiene" and the "overcrowding" of the hospitals.

The locality of San Luis "is on red alert over the significant increase of cholera patients, which now exceed 113 cases," according to Maylín Isaac Sánchez, registered nurse and human rights activist, quoted by the independent Hablemos Press.

Iriades Hernández Aguilera, resident in the Mármol neighbourhood in Santiago, confirmed that "many patients with symptoms of the disease are refusing to be admitted because of the bad conditions, the lack of hygiene" and the "overcrowding" of the hospitals.